HEATS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7409.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-722 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 1, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 1, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/722

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7409, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7409

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6460451af69d6f7a802b9bfc27a4eb44ce50b5c82cbc709534dd1958af483fb9

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 32, February 20, 2024, Page H687):
  Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  310 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7409, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7409

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6460451af69d6f7a802b9bfc27a4eb44ce50b5c82cbc709534dd1958af483fb9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7409, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.